Back rest



P. OOTON Jan. 5, 1943.

BACK REST Filed Oct. 18, 1940 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 In venior /%/576 007271 By @Mmm P. OOTON Jan. 5, 1943.

BACK REST Filed Oct. 18, 1940 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 r. 0 40 n e U m A iinmeu Patented Jan. 5, 1943 BACK REST Paige Ooton, Hopkinsville, Ky.

Application October 18, 1940, Serial No. 361,777

1 Claim.

My invention relates to improvements in back rests for motorcycle seats or the like.

The principal object of my invention is to provide a comfortable, inexpensive, back rest which may be easily attached to and detached from the usual large size, so-called Buddy seat for two, of a motorcycle to divide the same so that one may ride "solo on the front part of the seat without sliding back thereon under operation of the cycle.

Another object in view is to provide such a rest and which may also be used when two are ridin the seat to prevent the front rider from crowding the rear rider, and vice versa.

Other, and subordinate, objects are also comprehended by my invention, all of which, together with the precise nature of my improvements, will be readily understood when the succeeding description and claim are read with reference to the drawings accompanying and forming part of this specification.

In said drawings:

Figure 1 is a view in side elevation of the preferred embodiment of my invention applied,

Figure 2 is a view partly in front elevation and partly in section of the rest detached, and drawn to an enlarged scale,

Figure 3 is a view in transverse section taken on the line 3-3 of Figure 2,

Figure 4 is a view in top plan of the rest,

Figure 5 is a view in perspective of one of the back rest attaching clips.

Figure 6 is a fragmentary view in elevation of one of the side flanges of the seat and the reinforcing strip therefor.

Figure '7 is a view in top plan.

Referring to the drawings by numerals, I have shown my improved back rest I as applied to the usual double, or large size "Buddy" seat 2 of a motorcycle represented, in part, at 3. Such seats, as is well known, increase in width rearwardly with an abrupt increase in width in the approximate transverse center thereof and are provided with downturned side edges 4.

The back rest I comprises a hollow metal core .5 having a front wall 6 of compound curvature in cross section so as to form a concave lower portion 1 and a convex upper portion 8, said wall curving forwardly, as at 9. at the sides of the core all so as to contribute to the comfort of the lower back of a rider on the front half of the seat. The core 5 has a top which is rounded, as at Ill, and merges into downwardly curving and flaring sides of the core as indicated at H. The back I! of the core is preferably flat transversely, but inclined downwardly and rearwardly to brace the structure, and curves forwardly at the ends, as at I3, out of interference with a rider on the rear half of the seat 2. The bottom M of the core 5 is arched transversel to conform substantially to the usual cross sectional arch of the seat 2. As best shown in Figures 1 and 2, the sides ll of the core extend below the bottom l4 so as to form downwardly flaring side flanges I5 on the core adapted to straddle the seat 2 about midway thereof.

The front wall of the core 5 and the top H) are cushioned by a thick pad of sponge rubber IS. The core 5 and pad I6 are enclosed by a covering ll of leather. Transverse upper and lower braces l8 of any suitable character may be provided in the core 5.

A pair of attaching clips IQ of channel form and resilient material are suitably secured by one side thereof to the inner faces of the flanges l6 to extend along the same, said clips having free lateral edge flanges 20 extending along the other sides thereof for downward and outward flexing to open up the clips. As will be understood, the clips l9 are designed for straddling the side edges 4 to attach the rest thereto. Reinforcing strips 2| of any suitable material, such as leather, are secured, as by rivets 22, to the inner faces of the side edges 4 of the seat 2 in the approximate center of the seat, and which are designed to also be straddled by the clips l9, said clips f rictionally engaging said edges 4 and the strips 2| to yieldingly hold the rest in position.

The described rest I is applied by shoving the same rearwardly along the front part of the seat 2 to the approximate center of the latter, the clips l9 being opened by manipulation of the flanges 20 thereof to grip the edges 4 of the seat 2 in the manner already described.

Screws 23 may be extended through the clips l9 and edges 4 if desired to permanently attach the rest to the seat.

The foregoing will, it is believed, suffice to impart a clear understanding of my invention without further explanation.

Manifestly the invention, as described, is susceptible of modification without departing from the inventive concept, and right is herein reserved to such modifications as fall within the scope of the subjoined claim.

What I claim is:

A rest for a cycle seat of the type having depending side edges, said rest comprising a hollow metal core having a front wall of compound curvature in vertical section to provide a lower concave portion and an upper convex portion to be to extend transversely across the same, said opposed to the lower back of a rider, said front means including pe d n fl es 0n the Sides wall having side edges curving forwardly to fun of said core adapted to extend alongside sald ther fit the back of a rider, a cushion pad of edges and resilient clips on said flanges for sponge rubber covering said front wall, a. cover- 5 clamping said edges.

ing enclosing said core and pad, and means to PAIGE OOTON. secure said core to said side edges of the seat 

